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    		• Williams, F. E.,
     
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    		• LaPoint, Frank,
     
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    		• Homage -- Lester, Andrew
     
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    		• Homage -- Lester, Charles Sumner
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Griswold
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Lester Fountain, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Williams, F. E., stone cutter.
    LaPoint, Frank, contractor.
    Title: 
    Lester Fountain, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Installed Oct. 1903.
    Medium: 
    Westerly granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 15 x 7 x 8 ft. (Basin: 18,000 lbs.)
    Inscription: 
    (On back of column base, incised:) PRESENTED TO THE TOWN OF GRISWOLD/OCTOBER 1903/BY/MARY ELIZABETH LESTER/IN MEMORY OF HER FATHER/ANDREW LESTER/AND HER BROTHER/CHARLES SUMNER LESTER unsigned
    Description: 
    A round fountain basin in front of an Ionic column. Base of column originally had a carved animal head, now missing. The iron pipe which delivered water from the animal's mouth is still in place. The column is round (diam. approx. 16 in.) and is topped with a sphere of roughly the same diameter.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Lester, Andrew
    Homage -- Lester, Charles Sumner
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Griswold
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Borough of Jewett City, Public Works Department, 32 School Street, Jewett City, Connecticut 06351
    Located Pachaug Green, opposite 2 Browning Road at S.R. 138, Griswold, Connecticut
    Remarks: 
    The fountain was a gift to the town of Griswold given in honor of her father and brother by Mary Elizabeth Lester. The Lester family first moved to Griswold in 1720. Later they moved to New York where they were successful in business. The fountain is said to be a duplicate of one then located in New York City. The Greenwich fountain originally stood "near the store" on the Green and has since been moved twice due to road construction. IAS files contain related newspaper article dated Oct. 19, 1903 which suggests F. E. Williams was the cutter and Frank LaPoint the erector. The site is marked with a Connecticut Historical Commission sign.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS CT000290
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